The mechanism and control of cytokinesis

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 815-823

  Glotzer, Michael ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030695874     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80082-8     Document Type: Article

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